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May 30, 2025International Journal of Research in Medical SciencesOpen Access

Study on utilization of blood and blood components in surgical patients in a tertiary care hospital in Himachal Pradesh, India

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Why the study?

This study aimed to assess the utilization patterns and appropriateness of blood and blood components and evaluate transfusion practices across various surgical procedures.

Population

1392 patients fulfilling inclusion criteria for surgical procedures at a tertiary care hospital in Shimla, India

Design

One-month record-based cross-sectional retrospective study

Authors

VVVS VyasGTGurpreet Kaur Taggar

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Overview

Variable transfusion appropriateness in surgery observed; leaves open need for prospective audits before practice change.

Structured PICO

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Population
1392 surgical patients (53.6% female) undergoing elective or emergency procedures at a tertiary care hospital in Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Intervention
Blood and blood component transfusion
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Outcome
Utilization patterns and appropriateness of blood and blood components (crossmatch to transfusion ratio, transfusion probability, and transfusion index)

Blood utilization practices for surgical procedures at a tertiary hospital in India were found to be effective based on standard transfusion indices.

Cite This Study

Vyas et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a4d1fb1e5d05ea8ec9afbhttps://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20251634
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